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Digital donors new protectors of Mogao Grottoes
1 2021-04-28 13:28:09Xinhua
Editor : Cheng Zizhuo
ECNS App Download People visit the Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site, in Dunhuang, northwest China s Gansu Province, April 18, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoliang)
Crowdfunding is playing a greater role in protecting the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwest China s Gansu Province.
A digital donor project to help protect cave No. 55 at the Mogao Grottoes raised over 1.9 million yuan (about 290,000 U.S. dollars) by the end of March, according to a Wednesday report by China Daily.
Initiated in 2018, the crowdfunding program enables people to donate 0.9 yuan on WeChat after watching a short video about the history of the cave, which is one of the Buddhist art treasures at the world-famous site.
Digital donors the new saviors of Mogao Grottoes By CHEN MEILING in Beijing and MA JINGNA in Lanzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-28 09:55 Share CLOSE Yang Xiuqing speaks at an exhibition on the Mogao Grottoes held in Taiwan in 2018. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Crowdfunding is playing a greater role in protecting the famous heritage site
A digital donor project to help protect cave No 55 at the Mogao Grottoes heritage site in Dunhuang, Gansu province, had raised over 1.9 million yuan ($290,000) by last month, organizers said.
Initiated in 2018, the crowdfunding program enables people to donate 0.9 yuan on WeChat after watching a short video about the history of the cave, which is one of the Buddhist art treasures at the world-famous site.
2021-04-28 14:23 By: Xinhua
BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) Crowdfunding is playing a greater role in protecting the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwest China s Gansu Province.
A digital donor project to help protect cave No. 55 at the Mogao Grottoes raised over 1.9 million yuan (about 290,000 U.S. dollars) by the end of March, according to a Wednesday report by China Daily.
Initiated in 2018, the crowdfunding program enables people to donate 0.9 yuan on WeChat after watching a short video about the history of the cave, which is one of the Buddhist art treasures at the world-famous site.
The program has encouraged the public, especially youth, to learn about the relics and help in their protection, Yang Xiuqing, director of the China Dunhuang Grottoes Conservation Research Foundation and also an initiator of the project, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
2021-04-28 05:35:19 GMT2021-04-28 13:35:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) Crowdfunding is playing a greater role in protecting the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwest China s Gansu Province.
A digital donor project to help protect cave No. 55 at the Mogao Grottoes raised over 1.9 million yuan (about 290,000 U.S. dollars) by the end of March, according to a Wednesday report by China Daily.
Initiated in 2018, the crowdfunding program enables people to donate 0.9 yuan on WeChat after watching a short video about the history of the cave, which is one of the Buddhist art treasures at the world-famous site.